Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police force has retrained 120 Flying Squad operatives to handle incidents related to gun violence and terrorism ahead of the festive season. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said the operatives who are now attached to the directorate of crime intelligence have undergone a three-month refresher …
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Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of the late Joseph Ddumba Lukatome, one of the machete victims in Lwengo district say the condolence money released by President Yoweri Museveni never reached them. Ddumba met his death at the hands of machete-wielding men who raided his home in Kakoma-Kyanjovu village, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | District local governments are stuck with construction funds as they wait for more instructions from the line ministries on how to proceed with Uganda People’s Defense Force-UPDF Engineering Brigade. Early this year, President Yoweri Museveni directed that all new government school and hospital projects be …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Resident District Commissioners-RDCs in Teso are up in arms against District Service Commissions-DSCs for allegedly extorting money from desperate job seekers. The RDCs say that it has become a habit for DSC officials in their respective districts to mint cash from applicants seeking employment. According …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 300 goats have been killed by the fresh outbreak of goat plague in Kasenyi-Lyato village, Buseruka sub county, Hoima district. Goat plague is a viral disease related to the rinderpest of sheep as well as goats. It is characterized by fever, cough, very …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kasese municipality want the municipal leadership to regulate the scrap metal business in town. This comes days after two children sustained injuries in a blast in Kogere cell, Nyamwamba division on Tuesday last week. It was reported that three children unsuspectingly picked the …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local council leaders in Gulu have petitioned the Resident City Commissioner-RCC over mushrooming criminal gangs masterminding insecurity in the city suburbs. Following the closure of education institutions due to the extended lockdown imposed by the government to contain the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen-year-old Ruth Nalubega has lost interest in learning after losing both arms in a boda boda accident. It all started on July 24, 2021, when the teenager picked a boda boda in Mukono town at around 5pm to rush her to Lugazi town, about 18km …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A recent National Planning Authority (NPA) report on the re-opening of schools “Towards Safe Opening of The Education Sector in Covid-19 Times” indicates up to 30% of learners might fail to return. Whereas the report released in August acknowledged that worldwide, school closures …
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Ibanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ibanda police are holding a Uganda Peoples Defence Force-UPDF soldier and civilian accused of kidnapping and killing a boda boda rider. The suspects are RA143341 CPL Musitafa Kajoomu alias Joseph Muwanga Jajja from Mukono and Michael Ahimbisibwe, a resident of Bushenyi district. Another suspect identified …
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